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Disputes about care provision not a matter for court
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- August 6 2009
In the recently decided case of R (on the application of F) v Wirral Borough Council which can be accessed here the claimants sought to judicially review a decision of the council, alleging that the council had unlawfully failed to properly assess their social care needs and failed to provide an appropriate care plan
Patient matters rights of overstayers - Court of Appeal rules that local authority should provide support to overstayers with an outstanding application for leave to remain
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- June 14 2010
The Court of Appeal has ruled, in the case of Birmingham City Council v Clue & Others 2010 EWCA Civ 460 on the approach that a local authority should adopt when an individual who is unlawfully in the UK seeks social services support from it
The future of supported living: High Court indicates that closer regulation is likely
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- August 11 2010
On 16 July 2010 the High Court indicated a provisional view that a supported living scheme - accommodating a man with learning disabilities - should be registered as a “care home” under the Care Standards Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) and that housing benefit should not be used to fund such a care home placement
Local authority rolesocial care
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- February 7 2011
A proposed new Section 2B of the NHS Act 2006 is to be introduced by Clause 7 of the Bill
Care providers successfully challenge council’s fee rate decision
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- January 5 2012
In another case concerning fees for care home placements, a local authority has had its decision on its standard rate for placement declared unlawful
